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Florida Justices Rule Medical Documents Must Be Disclosed

In a ruling that could have implications for medical malpractice cases across the state, the Florida Supreme Court said a Jacksonville hospital system was required to provide records to a patient's family because of a 2004 constitutional amendment.
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National Law Journal

Nobody Thinks Trump's SCOTUS Pick Is a Grouch. Except Autocorrect.

Those who know U.S. Supreme Court nominee Neal Gorsuch call him "humble," "down-to earth" and "quite personable." Autocorrect, however, sees the opposite—a "grouch." Social media lit up Tuesday night with tweets and posts referencing President Donald Trump's nomination of "Neil Grouch."
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National Law Journal

Gorsuch Is the 'Instant-Replay Official' to Roberts the Baseball Umpire

During his 2005 confirmation hearing, Chief Justice John Roberts Jr. likened his role to that of a baseball umpire. Five years later, Judge Neil Gorsuch, weighing a labor dispute, deployed a different sports analogy. He chose football. "Our job is something like the role of the instant-replay booth in football: the call on the field presumptively stands and we may overturn it only if we can fairly say that no reasonable mind could, looking at the facts again, stand by that call."
5 minute read

National Law Journal

Gorsuch, in First Ruling, Wouldn't Cut a Break for an Undocumented Immigrant

In his first ruling as a federal appeals judge, Neil Gorsuch weighed the merits of a nearly five-year prison sentence imposed on an undocumented immigrant who'd once been deported. Gorsuch, just two months into his tenure on the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit, wasn't swayed. Gorsuch's long record as a federal appeals judge will come under increasing scrutiny as the U.S. Senate weighs his nomination—announced Tuesday—to the U.S. Supreme Court.
7 minute read

National Law Journal

Gorsuch, Drawing Scalia Comparisons, Comes Under Microscope

The U.S. Supreme Court nomination of Judge Neil Gorsuch triggered a range of responses across the legal and political spectrum Tuesday as lawyers and advocacy groups touted—and criticized—his positions on regulatory matters and civil rights.
25 minute read

Daily Report Online

Trump Chooses Neil Gorsuch, Ivy League Conservative, for Supreme Court

In choosing Neil Gorsuch for the U.S. Supreme Court, President Trump opted for a candidate with traditional credentials shared by most modern-day justices. A Colorado native with a degree from Harvard Law School, Gorsuch clerked for Justice Byron White and Anthony Kennedy on the Supreme Court. "In our legal order, it is for Congress and not the courts to write new laws. It is the role of judges to apply, not alter, the work of the people's representatives," Gorsuch said at the White House.
11 minute read

Daily Report Online

Fulton Juvenile Court Judge Willie Lovett Jr. Dies

Fulton County Juvenile Court Presiding Judge Willie J. Lovett Jr.53, passed away Monday morning, according to a release from the court.
5 minute read

Daily Report Online

High Court Asked to Decide if iHeart Radio is Bootleg

Plaintiffs claim music streamer failed to pay royalties on jazz and rhythm and blues music they own.
8 minute read

The Recorder

Bedsworth: Insult to Injury

In which our columnist muses on the German law against insulting people.
17 minute read

Litigation Daily

For Trump's Big SCOTUS Reveal, He Might Take Some Tips From LeBron James

It's perfect, really. Our television ratings-obsessed, former reality star president is going to announce his Supreme Court pick live during primetime on Tuesday evening. He might look to NBA star LeBron James for pointers on how to announce "The Decision."
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